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Essentials of qualitative inquiry / Maria J. Mayan.
Penn Museum Library GN345 .M39 2009
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Mayan, Maria J.
- Series:
- Qualitative essentials ; 2.
- Qualitative essentials ; [2]
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Ethnology--Qualitative research.
- Ethnology.
- Ethnology--Methodology.
- Physical Description:
- 171 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Walnut Creek, Calif. : Left Coast Press, [2009]
- Summary:
- This brief, inexpensive guide introduces students and novices to the key elements of qualitative research methods. Written in a friendly, conversational style, replete with good examples from multiple disciplines, student exercises, and key points to remember, the volume works ideally with other qualitative textbooks to provide a comprehensive overview to qualitative methods for students. Chapters cover the essentials of theory building, research design, methods, data collection and analysis, writing, ethics, rigor and proposal writing.
- Contents:
- Chapter 1 Introduction to Qualitative Inquiry 9
- What Is Qualitative Inquiry? 11
- Methodological Coherence and the Armchair Walkthrough 13
- Qualitative Annoyances 18
- Summary 20
- Exercise 1.1 Finding the Story behind the Numbers 21
- Chapter 2 Theory and Method 22
- Ontology, Epistemology, and Theoretical Position/Perspective 23
- Methodology and Method 29
- Relationship between Theoretical Position/Perspective and Method 31
- Summary 33
- Exercise 2.1 Sorting It Out 33
- Chapter 3 Method 34
- Choosing a Method 35
- The Methods 36
- Summary 56
- Exercise 3.1 Many Methods and the Armchair Walkthrough 56
- Chapter 4 Research Question and Sampling 57
- The Research Question 57
- Sampling 61
- Saturation 63
- Summary 65
- Exercise 4.1 An Environmental Scan 65
- Chapter 5 Data Collection 66
- Data Collection Strategies 67
- Summary 83
- Exercise 5.1 Observation and Field Notes 84
- Chapter 6 Data Analysis 85
- Inquiry as Deductive, Inductive, and Abductive 86
- Terms and Processes of Data Analysis 88
- Summary 98
- Exercise 6.1 Categorizing and Theming 99
- Chapter 7 Rigor 100
- The Rigor Game 100
- Talking, Doing, and Writing about Rigor 101
- Being Rigorous 107
- Summary 112
- Exercise 7.1 Examining Criteria/Standards 113
- Chapter 8 Proposal Writing 114
- Before Writing: Proposals and Politics 115
- Writing 117
- Coordinating the Submission 122
- Summary 123
- Exercise 8.1 Proposal Sawy 124
- Chapter 9 Ethics Boards, Risk, and Qualitative Research 125
- Ethics: Beyond "Getting through Ethics" 125
- Summary 130
- Exercise 9.1 Ethics without REBs/IRBs 131
- Chapter 10 Representation, Writing, and Reflexivity 132
- Representation 132
- Writing 134
- Reflexivity 135
- Summary 138
- Exercise 10.1 Uncle Ben's Last Words 139.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the George Clapp Vaillant Book Fund.
- ISBN:
- 9781598741063
- 1598741063
- 9781598741070
- 1598741071
- OCLC:
- 300720498
- Publisher Number:
- 99934995712
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